Cyno's BlankIt! 2.0
   for OS/2 Warp's Presentation Manager

Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 by Chieh Cheng.
All Right Reserved.

Freeware,  08-01-1996

Introduction
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Cyno's BlankIt! is a very simple screen saver; it blanks the screen.
This simple screen saver is for OS/2 servers, power-users, and
systems where resources (not to mention stability) are too precious
to waste on fancy, yet useless, screen savers.

Why do you need a screen saver?
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Screen savers prevent phosphor damage that occurs when computer
monitors are displaying the same image, without changing the
display. Damaged black and white monitors tend to show the
inactive image burned into the screen. Distortion of color
values may occur after periods of inactivity in color monitors.

Why do you need a screen saver if you have a EnergyStar monitor?
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EnergyStar monitors are excellent at reducing energy consumption.
They turn off by themselves after a specific amount of time, doing
exactly what a screen saver suppose to do. However, switching the
monitors on and off constantly tends to wear out the monitors
prematurely. Of course, monitors built to the EnergyStar specification
generally have a longer life-span. But you can keep your monitors
working even longer if you set the switch off time higher, and use a
screen saver for short breaks.

New Features
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Cyno's BlankIt! now allows you to set the saver inactive time, and
the screen saver activation corner. The 'Exit' menu selection is
now gone from the menu, since you can simply double click on the
system menu to close Cyno's BlankIt!

A new 'About . . .' dialog box has been created for Cyno's BlankIt!
The dialog box contains no 'OK' button. However, you may remove the
box by double clicking on the system menu of the dialog box.

Configuration
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'Activation Corner' allows you to choose a corner where the saver
can be enabled manually. The default is lower left hand corner.

If 'Minimize On Load' is checked, Cyno's BlankIt will load as an
icon the next time it loads. The default is off.

The 'Time to Wait' slider will allow you to set the period of
inactivity before blanking the screen. If this value is set to
zero, screen blanking can only occur manually. The default is
5 minutes.

Usage
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Cyno's BlankIt! automatically blanks the screen after a period
of inactivity. To enable screen saver manually, move mouse
cursor to a corner you have chosen as the 'Activation Corner'.

Notes about the program
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This version is released as Freeware. You may use it and modify it in
any way, free of charge. But you can not release the program to the
public in the modified form without the consent from the author.
     The author is not to be hold resposible for this software if
anyone is to alter or modify the source file and the document in any
way. If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, corrections,
or even donations please send them to:

                             Chieh Cheng
                             17914 Florwood Avenue
                             Torrance CA. 90504-3847

                             chieh@engr.ukans.edu

                             Cynosure International
                             http://www.netcom.com/~maxline/CI.html